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Agents of Change: 2021-2022 Cohort

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Op-ed: Tapping into the power of community to make informal settlements healthier

One billion people live in informal settlements in the Global South, yet these places remain largely invisible to policymakers and neglected in policy decisions.

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Aprovechar el poder comunitario para hacer más sanos los asentamientos informales

Mil millones de personas viven en asentamientos informales en el Sur Global, pero estos lugares siguen siendo invisibles para quienes diseñan políticas públicas y desatendidos en las decisiones normativas.

Op-ed: Why is the chemical industry pitting public health against economic growth?

EPA oversight is important — so is preventing the US petrochemical industry from expanding with a new generation of toxic projects.

Here’s how candidates for Allegheny County Executive plan to tackle environmental injustice

Four of the candidates say they’d support a ban on fracking in Allegheny County.

Your signs of spring abound!

Celebrate readers' views of springtime.

Air pollution exposure during pregnancy linked to reduced lung function in kids: Study

“We’re generally not talking to pregnant women about how to minimize and mitigate their exposure to air pollution, but we should be.”